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Rising, Falling, Out of Work is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inflation, deflation and unemployment, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.11.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Rising, Falling, Out of Work

D2.Eco.11.3-5

NameDate

Sort each one into the right word.

1.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?

Sort: The register records: no work since the mill shut, Prices across the county rise every month, Coal is cheaper than it was two years ago

InflationDeflationUnemployment
2.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?

Sort: A boatman with a barge but no cargo to carry, Bread costs more this year than last, Shops cut prices month after month

InflationDeflationUnemployment
3.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?

Sort: The same coin buys more flour than before, Men waiting at the wharf for work that does not come, The same coin buys fewer eggs

InflationDeflationUnemployment

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Rising, Falling, Out of Work

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Coal is cheaper than it was two years ago — Deflation 2. Prices across the county rise every month — Inflation 3. The register records: no work since the mill shut — Unemployment
  2. 2.1. A boatman with a barge but no cargo to carry — Unemployment 2. Bread costs more this year than last — Inflation 3. Shops cut prices month after month — Deflation
  3. 3.1. Men waiting at the wharf for work that does not come — Unemployment 2. The same coin buys fewer eggs — Inflation 3. The same coin buys more flour than before — Deflation

More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5

Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.

Teaching this next? Prices Up, Prices Down, No Work is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.